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E. ESTBERG.

SHADE PENDANT.

Patented Nov.f14, 1882.

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@Imran STATES PATENT ENGELBERT ESTBERG, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SHADE=PENDANT.

SECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,567, dated November 14, 1882,

Application filed May 1, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ENGELBERT EsTBERG, a citizen of the United States, and a 'resident of Brooklyn, E. D., in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shade-Pendants, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a neat and durable pendant for Window-shades, to take the place ot' the ordinary fringed tassel, and serving the double purpose ot' an ornament and convenient handle or pull for operating Ythe shade. It comprises a rigid and ornamented ring or annular handle or pull and a suitable loop or strap for attaching it to the shade-rod, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents an inside face view of a window frame and shade provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a detail face view of my improved pendant partly broken out.

The main portion ofthe pendant consists of a ring, A, formed of a rigid core, a, and made of wire or other suitable rigid material. This may be circular, as shown in the dra\vings,`or oval or angular. The core a is then overspun or wrapped with silk or any other suitable woven fabric, b, that will produce an ornamental appearance. A cord, string, or flexible strap, c, of silk, or other suitable material, is then Wrapped and tied around the ring A at one point thereof, as shown in Fig. 2, in such a manner as to form a loop outside of the ring, by which it is attached to the ordinary screweyes, B, ofthe shade-rod in theusual manner of suspending tassels, and leaving its two ends hanging inside the ring, which ends are then pu't through the center of an ordinary ornainented drop, G, Without fringes, and tied (No model.)

| below the lower end of said drop to keep it in position, and are so attached that the drop U will occupy the center of the ring, as in Fig. 2.

In operating the shade, the ring A affords a better handle than the ordinary tassel, and

which latter, therefore, is not soiled by handling, as in the case of ordinary 'tassels, which soon become dirty from use. The width of the ring being greater than the ordinary tassels fills up a wider space, and thus adds greatly to the ornamental effect, particularly as the presence of the drop in the center ot' the ring avoids the emptiness of appearance that would result Without the presence of said drop.

In Fig. l two of my pendants are shown in the place ot'two ordinary tassels, but on plainer shades only one may be used in the center of the shade-rod, as usual.

as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patentl. A shade-pendant cousistin g of a rigid core, a, of annular shape, or its described equivalents, and having a covering, b, of corded, spun, or Woven fabric or other flexible rraterial, and a suitable fastening loop or strap, c.-

2. A shade-pendant consisting of the ringA, formed of the-fabric-covered rigid core a, and provided with the exterior fastening loop or strap, c, and an ornamental interior drop, G, as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention l have signed my name, in presence of two Witnesses, this 28th day of April, 1882.

ENGELBERT ESTB ERG.

Witnesses:

A. W,ALMQv1sT, 0. F; MALMBORG.

Having thus described my invention, I claim there is no necessity ot' grasping the drop C, 

